BurrMan, thanks again for the help!
This short code was supposed to be a 2"rad arc on one side and 3"rad arc on the other. As you can see I'm using the Sodick AQ325L per your advise. Within BobCad I'm unable to set the machine velocity, whenever I set it it automatically zeros.
also, BobCad uses XYUV and Mach3 uses XYZA, I cant help but think that I'll be running into problems with that. However, BobCad also has the option to use "4axis entities" but I read somewhere that some folks may have problems with that function.
I did get a file from BobCad (similar to the one below) to actually move the X and Y but Z and A did not (I assume it's the XYZA -vs- XYUV issue). There were alot of errors in the code so I just kept deleting lines that Mach didnt like until it would move. I believed it to be EDM functions that Mach didn't understand, i.e. power settings, cooling etc. maybe not though, unsure....
(MACHINE SODICK AQ325L )
(CREATED-MON. 05/31/2010 08:25AM )
TP 0.0000 (ENTER TAPER SIZE HEIGHT)
TN 0.0000 (ENTER TAPER OPPOSITE HEIGHT)
G26 RA0.000 (ENTER PROGRAM ROTATION ANGLE)
N0001 (MAIN PROGRAM)
N0002 G54 G90
N0003 G92 X1.75 Y0.
N0004 G29
N0005 T94
N0006 G01 X2. U1. V0.
N0007 X-2. U-1.
N0008 X2. U1.
N0009 X1.75 U0.
N0010 M02  |